Instructor-Led Ethics in Sport Social Work Practice (October 2025)

Held October 11, 2025 via Zoom

9 am - 3 pm (5.25 CEUs)

This course will explore ethics in sport social work practice at various levels. The course will examine the macro and micro level implications of ethicaland unethical social work practice in sport. The course will provide a space for participants to explore how working in this space can impact entities inboth positive and negative ways.

Upon concluding this course, participants will be able to:

1. Practitioners will have an understanding of ethical issues across various levels of sport
2. Practitioners will understand how sport ethical issuesoverlap with social work ethics
3. Practitioners will be exposed to how the athletics and specific athletic environments can be impacted by ethical andunethical behavior
4. Practitioners will be able to reflect on their own values and desire to work in this space and how each impacts their ethics.

Emmett Gill, Ph.D., MSW, LMSW is the founder of AthleteTalk, LLC and currently serves as the Director of Mental Health for the University of Houston Athletics. Emmett served as the Director of Student-Athlete Wellness and Personal Development at the University of Texas at Austin where he provided clinical services for college athletes and created signature programming including initiatives for injured athletes and substance use. Following his tenure at the University of Texas, where he was also a clinical professor in the Steve Hicks School of Social Work, Dr. Gill served as a professional sports crisis and wellness program manager - working on mental health initiatives for the NFL and NBA - including the NFL Lifeline. Dr. Gill is the past president and founder of the Alliance of Social Workers in Sports, a 225-plus member organization that promotes the social work profession in athletics. Emmett’s scholarship focuses' sports scandals, the intersection between social work, sports and mental health, social justice in sports and Black male athletes.